JOEL ENGEL - Gene Roddenbery.. The Myth and the Man Behind "Star Trek"

London England, Virgin, 1994. 1st Uk Edition, Binding: Cloth & Boards, Very Good/Very Good. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall 1852274395 Hadrback Hardback. Tiny tear to top edge of inside cover. Foreword by D. C. Fontana. This book explores an unchartered region: the complex and contradictory man behind the Star trek phenomenon. This eye-opening biography full and frankly reveals Gene Roddenberry - whose success enabled him to claim mythic status himself - and provides the first substantiated behind-the-scenes story of how Star Trek got on the air, as well as why it went off. Included is a blow-by-blow description of the birth and development of Star Trek: The Next Generation. The story of his life can be viewed as the story of an Enterprise betrayed. In private, Roddenberry was a compsulsive womanizer, a fickle friend, and a heavy drinker. But he was also the ultimate story-teller, reinventing both himself and his past in order to create the persona in which the Star Trek audience so delighted. Illustrated. 283 pp. (.